diff --git a/android/writedocs.go b/android/writedocs.go
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+// Copyright 2015 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package android
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/google/blueprint"
+)
+
+func init() {
+	RegisterSingletonType("writedocs", DocsSingleton)
+}
+
+func DocsSingleton() Singleton {
+	return &docsSingleton{}
+}
+
+type docsSingleton struct{}
+
+func primaryBuilderPath(ctx SingletonContext) Path {
+	primaryBuilder, err := filepath.Rel(ctx.Config().BuildDir(), os.Args[0])
+	if err != nil {
+		ctx.Errorf("path to primary builder %q is not in build dir %q",
+			os.Args[0], ctx.Config().BuildDir())
+	}
+
+	return PathForOutput(ctx, primaryBuilder)
+}
+
+func (c *docsSingleton) GenerateBuildActions(ctx SingletonContext) {
+	// Generate build system docs for the primary builder.  Generating docs reads the source
+	// files used to build the primary builder, but that dependency will be picked up through
+	// the dependency on the primary builder itself.  There are no dependencies on the
+	// Blueprints files, as any relevant changes to the Blueprints files would have caused
+	// a rebuild of the primary builder.
+	docsFile := PathForOutput(ctx, "docs", "soong_build.html")
+	primaryBuilder := primaryBuilderPath(ctx)
+	soongDocs := ctx.Rule(pctx, "soongDocs",
+		blueprint.RuleParams{
+			Command: fmt.Sprintf("%s --soong_docs %s %s",
+				primaryBuilder.String(), docsFile.String(), strings.Join(os.Args[1:], " ")),
+			CommandDeps: []string{primaryBuilder.String()},
+			Description: fmt.Sprintf("%s docs $out", primaryBuilder.Base()),
+		})
+
+	ctx.Build(pctx, BuildParams{
+		Rule:   soongDocs,
+		Output: docsFile,
+	})
+
+	// Add a phony target for building the documentation
+	ctx.Build(pctx, BuildParams{
+		Rule:   blueprint.Phony,
+		Output: PathForPhony(ctx, "soong_docs"),
+		Input:  docsFile,
+	})
+}